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50 Years of the Centennial Willa Cather Stamp
… Following are excerpts of that process gleaned from past newsletters. [Scroll down to read what was entered into the … medal from the National Institute of Arts and Letters.” 50 Volunteers, 34 Extra Postal Workers, 11 Nebraska Towns, a … eventually became the scholarly journal, Willa Cather Review ) and issues of the informational News from Cather …
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Guided Seasonal Tour
… Black Hawk Willa Cather’s My Ántonia was among the fifty titles selected by the National Endowment for the Arts … drawn readers into this classic novel for more than 100 years. As part of our NEA Big Read programming, guests are … W. 3rd Street This is the site where Anna Sadilek Pavelka’s first child was baptized and where Anna was married. This …
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Cather Sesquicentennial
… Image Cather Sesquicentennial Celebrating 150 Years We are … Service, with matching funds provided by the Willa Cather Foundation’s Campaign for the Future . Book clubs and … Cather , Red Cloud, NE: a special Red Cloud Opera House Gallery exhibit of international works honoring the birth …
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Visit Red Cloud This Holiday & Winter Season!
… You can, too—in any season or time of year, whether for the first time or on a return trip. We offer a variety of guided … classic novel My Ántonia , published in 1918, was among the fifty titles selected by the National Endowment for the Arts …
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NEA Big Read: My Ántonia
… Click below to access our booking form! Booking Form Learn more about the October 4th kick-off event Book a My … for the Arts and Arts Midwest, we are making programs and resources available to organizations and communities that … for participating organizations and communities Book club resources Lectures and book discussions led by National …
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Willa Cather Childhood Home Dedication & Ribbon-Cutting
… status as a literary pilgrimage destination for more than fifty years. Just six months after the house reopened on Willa … with a sloping ceiling, like my 'rose-bower' in our old first home. Do you remember?" —Cather in a 1945 letter to …
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Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens
… 2023 Book tours online ahead of your visit! Click here to learn about historic site tour options. After an extensive … home will be preserved as a cultural attraction for the learning and the enjoyment of future generations. “This …
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The Potter Family
… Street business district. Later J.Q. and Jacob opened the first grist mill west of Beatrice after they constructed, … War was on now and my father volunteered and spent three years in the service until the close of the war. He was … Orleans; N. F. Potter, Alma; twenty-six grandchildren, fifty great grandchildren.” (By Attorney Jas. S. Gilham) …
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Willa Cather Biography
… by singularities. When Philip Roth died in 2018, New Yorker editor David Remnick held that “he was in competition … an explosion, a pest" (Politics 7), listened to these stories and stockpiled the details, not knowing the use she …
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Willa Cather Childhood Home Restoration Underway
… The site closed on August 15, 2022 to facilitate the first comprehensive restoration in over fifty years. This project is made possible through a Save …
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